The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-12-17

gauge Of him. Tor the present hc us dropped
ont Of sight, and we are asl.ng wnere noStf
Plymouth Church got sensation on sunday In
the shape of rarthian arrow, which il viii not
likely TO forget, and the committee which wht te-
washed him ON Thursday last have got Them
selves in hole from which tbeywl find It din
cult to escape. Doctor Parker had taken seven
hundred dollars of the fund subscribed by the
citizens of Brooklyn for the Beecher monument.
Brooklyn understood that the eulogy delivered
vas a labor Of friendship and love on Doctor
Parkers part and as the doctor himself had
made the public announcement that such was
the fact, Brooklyn was very much astonished
and shocked when Il foiund out that the worthy
doctor had bagged seven hundred dollars OF the
receipts. howl went up from the newspapers
and a cry from the entire city, and Major Pond
evctually returned about six hundred dollars Of
the nineteen hundred dollars realized by the
Beecher eulogy, to which was added seven hun
dred dollars presented by Lawyer Sherman. one
of Beechers Oldest and deares friends, making
total of $1,000. But the doctor hung ON to his
seven hundred dollars. At last it was made so
uncomfortable for him that he asked for pr-
vate meeting which was granted him last Thurs
day, at the house of the Rev. John Hail Of Brook
lyn. The meeting was private, but twas under
stood that the explanations were Of such char
acter that Doctor Parker was practically white
washed, and the next day he sent his check to
the monument committee for the seven hundred
dollars ofthe monument fund which he had re-
ceived from Major Pond. The restitution evid-
| emily did not sit well on the reverend doctors
capactiOus stomach as he gave mortal offense to
the most emiuent literary society of Brooklyn,
| treating them cOntemptu0usly, and substituting
without notice a hodge pOdge of his own instead
of his lecture on "Gladstone,'' for which he was
handsomely paid. But all his offenses had been
condoned by the return of the seven hundred
dollars and it was understood that Plymouth
Church would give him a parting reception
But although Plymouth Church had forgiven
! Doctor Parker-Doctor Parker had not forgiven
| Plymuth Church, and he took the occasion of his
last appearance in that historic pulpit to impress
| it on their memories. At the closing OF the
service he repeated The Lords Prayer, and
when he came to the lines-"Forgve us our
trespasses, there he made long and embrass-
pause, and finally after an apparent struggle
blurted out-"As we rgiye those who trespass
against us-Amenl" and rushed out of the
church. Amusement sat on every countenance: :
if "a dynamite bomb had dropped down the
midst of the congregation il could scarcely have
created more astonshment and surprise. The
gentle Mr.. Halliday, for years Mr., Beecher's
assistant, pronounced the blessing, and the
congregation slowly departed shaking their
heads and mumbing soilo Uoce such expression
as ale won't do "Glad he's gone" "Wish he
hadn't come" while one of the more profilne
who stood next to him turned to his friend and
said, Jim, he's dufIer! an don't you forget
it." For visit which began soauspiclously it is
certainly most unfortunate ending. Dr Pars er
undoubtedly .pected a call to Plymouth Church